After labor, quietude is the chief subsidiary; but some regard must be had to the state of the patient. The sudden transition from long-suffering to almost entire case, produces a striking moral effect, and effusions of grateful expression generally succeed. The stimulus of distension and pain, being withdrawn, a great degree of faintness often supervenes. The administration of a small quantity of brandy or wine in some gruel, is highly proper where this happens in any threatening degree―but should only be continued till that sensation is removed. Some ether in camphorated mixture, we have often seen very speedily remove the faintness and agitation which succeed delivery. Soon there is an adaptation to the change―the functions regain their accustomed office―the palpitation of the heart subsides―the pulse, which might have been fluttering and intermitting, becomes regular, though still quick and full. Stimulant substances must be entirely withdrawn, and gruel, or other simple articles of nutrition must be substituted. Often, early after labor, pain and throbbing in the head, aversion to light and sound arise; attended sometimes with a quick, at others, a very slow pulse; the latter, indicating a great degree of congestion, or accumulation of blood in the head. In this case, medical advice ought to be promptly solicited, especially if it has not subsided by a gentle aperient―as castor oil. Powerful doses of purging medicine will become necessary; and, perhaps, bleeding from the arm, or leeches to the temples, may be required. Whenever the body becomes sore and painful, especially if it be attended with suppression of the discharge, constipated bowels, and fever, no time should be lost in demanding medical assistance. In child-bed fever, early and free employment of bleeding and purging, with strict attention to low diet, will almost universally succeed. In reference to the child, where there is no disease, the chief object of attention should be, to secure it against unnecessary exposure. Too much washing at first may be pernicious; and the practice of using spirits in these ablutions, merits reprobation. By the celerity of their evaporation, they produce a degree of cold much more intense than would be produced by the application of cold water, which would be universally condemned. It would be totally incompatible with a small pamphlet, and with this extemporaneous address, to trace and delineate all the varieties of child-birth. Yet, we think enough has been suggested to secure as much safety in the time of parturition, as is attainable amidst the uncertainties of human life. Perhaps, however, it is not proper to overlook some peculiarities in premature birth. Abortion or miscarriage, which usually is accidental, sometimes becomes habitual; and at about the same period of conception, on many successive occasions, this disappointment will happen.